Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Vol. 2 of 2: A Romaunt, in Four Cantos; Containing Cantos III, IV
The stanza of Spenser, according to one of our most successful poets, admits of every variety. Dr. Beattie makes the following observation; Not long ago, I began a poem in the style and stanza of Spenser, in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination, and be either droll or pathetic, descriptive or senti mental, tender or satirical, as the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not, the measure which I have adopted admits equally of all these kinds of composition.2 Strengthened in my opinion by such authority, and by the example of some in the highest order of Italian poets, I shall make no apology for attempts at similar variations in the following composition; satisfied that if they are unsuccessful, their failure must be in the execution, rather than in the design sanctioned by the practice of Ariosto, Thomson, and Beattie.
London, February, 1812. 1 [see Sir W'alter Scott's Poetical Works, vol. 11. P. 141, ed.
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